One and a half month ago, I wasn't sure which country would be the first for upcoming #streckensammeln, expecting it to be either Belgium or France or China. Then I got ill and plans were cancelled.
Since I am fully recovered, I expect I can tick off at least one new line in April, but which country will be the first? I am not sure yet. What do you guess?
@RensBloom In the beginnings of my European-wide journeys I focussed on betrayed lines and cross-border routes, as these are usually more endangered as internal lines.
In France there are quite some rural lines with uncertain future so I'd prefer to do these first.
@RensBloom In China ongoing high-speed expansions caused punctual closures of passenger traffic on parallel running conventional lines in the past.
I've spotted a few lines facing potential closures some months ago (although I don't have any official information if they're actually in danger). In many cases these would take some effort to reach them as they are in very remote areas.
@wrzlbrnft Closures always occur everywhere across the globe. My goal is not to collect as much as possible for a certain region/country, but on my travels I like to go to new places and go via new/alternative routes.
Positive note: in the past I have been to one place where no passengers were found anymore (Oskarshamn in Sweden). At that time I had to go by bus, but the passenger trains returned on the line a few years later.
Rens
Wrzlbrnft